News

July 19, 2008 10:18

• Blind people are taught to read Koran under Braille system

  In September in Grozny, the Republic's Library for Blind Persons will start training courses for studying the Koran on the basis of the Braille relief-dot alphabet.

July 18, 2008 13:45

• Public prosecutor beaten in Chechnya was threatened for participating in trial of "Gorets" fighters

  The acting public prosecutor of the Zavodskoy District of the city of Grozny, who was beaten yesterday in the capital of Chechnya was threatened for his participation in the trial on the case of two former fighters of the special FSB (Federal Security Bureau) detachment named "Gorets" (Mountaineer), which was disbanded in 2006.

July 18, 2008 13:40

• Armenia: petition on early Babadzhanyan's release rejected

  In Armenia, the commission on conditional early relief has rejected the petition on early release lodged by Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak Yerevan" newspaper.

July 18, 2008 13:37

• Committee of political prisoners demands resignation of Armenian president

  Resignation of President Serzh Sarkisyan has been offered by the Committee in Defence of political prisoners as the way out from the current situation in Armenia.

July 18, 2008 13:34

• Abkhazian authorities reject the German plan of Georgian-Abkhazian settlement

  The meeting of President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh and German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmayer that took place in the Gali Office of the UN Mission brought no fruit.

July 18, 2008 13:29

• In Krasnodar Territory, court to consider tenants' eviction out of Tuapse hostel

  The Tuapse City Court will consider the claim on recognizing the hostel located at 25 Zvezdnaya Street to be an apartment house. Earlier, the Tuapse Court had refused to accept the claim to consideration, however, the Krasnodar Territorial Court later cancelled the ruling and obliged their Tuapse colleagues to accept and consider the claim.

July 17, 2008 19:40

• Azerbaijani Court rejects journalist Agil Halil's claim

  On July 17, the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku under presidency of Judge Ikram Shirinov considered and rejected the claim lodged by Agil Halil, an employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, on illegality of termination of the criminal case initiated on the fact of his beating on February 22 this year committed in the Olive Grove.

July 17, 2008 19:35

• Krasnodar UVD refuses to search the person who threatened to kill "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

  The Department of Internal Affairs (UVD) of the Zapadny District of Krasnodar has refused to try to establish the person who called to the office the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Evgeniy Titov with a threat of murder.

July 17, 2008 19:29

• Opposition blames Georgian authorities for terror

  The terror exercised by the authorities of Georgia continues. This phenomenon was declared today by the leaders of the United Opposition in the press conference held at the office of the Conservative Party of Georgia.

July 17, 2008 19:20

• Azerbaijani political scientists think Russian-Georgian war improbable

  A number of Azerbaijani and Russian political analysts assert that the tension in Russian-Georgian relations will hardly ever grow into an open armed conflict.

July 17, 2008 19:15

• Picket demanding Magomedtagirov's resignation on in Dagestan

  Today, several women got together in the Lenin Square in Makhachkala with posters demanding resignation of Adilgirey Magomedtagirov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan.

July 17, 2008 19:10

• Georgian Labourites find decision of European Court on 2004 elections to be their personal victory

  The Labour Party of Georgia has perceived the decision of the Strasbourg Court that at the 2004 parliamentary elections the Labourites' rights were derogated from to be a personal victory of its members.

July 17, 2008 19:07

• Chechnya: power agents kidnap relatives of well-known lawyer

  At night on July 16, in the Shatoy District of Chechnya, workers of power agencies kidnapped and took away in unknown direction two local residents - close relatives of the well-known Chechen lawyer Ilyas Timishev, who is representing the interests of suffered residents of the Republic both in local courts and in the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.

July 16, 2008 14:14

• Human rights activists bag subscriptions against Russian-Georgian war

  Human rights activists have announced the start of collecting signatures against the war of Russia on Georgia. The statement emphasizes that the Russian Federation, being the stronger party, should exhibit greater restraint.

July 16, 2008 14:09

• Zaur Betilgireev, kidnapped by power agents in Chechnya, remains in custody

  The information about release of Betilgireev, Zaur Khizirovich, a resident of Serzhen-Jurt village, Shali District of Chechnya, who was brought delivered to the Shali ROVD, was not confirmed. The local resident is still behind bars.

July 16, 2008 14:05

• Azerbaijani MIA keeps denying violence against journalist Emin Guseinov

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan sent an answer to the request of Djamil Gasanli, Deputy of the National Assembly, on the fact of violence applied to Emin Guseinov, head of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, on June 14 in the 22nd Police Station of the Nasiminskiy District of the capital of the country.

July 16, 2008 14:02

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complains of being forced into false testimonies

  Arsen Guchapshev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has complained to the Department of Own Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the KBR against pressure on him by certain Chechenov, an operative inspector of the Chegem ROVD, who is a member of the investigatory group in charge of disclosing the murder of entrepreneur Murat Mukov.

July 16, 2008 13:56

• Rally prepared in Ingushetia with demand to dismiss Zyazikov and return Aushev

  The Ingushetian opposition is now preparing a nationwide rally, where they plan to put forward the demand of resignation of Murat Zyazikov and return of Ruslan Aushev back to the post of the president of the Republic.

July 16, 2008 13:51

• Institute of Media Rights: Azerbaijan has no freedom of press

  During the first six months of 2008, 22 violence episodes, including physical and psychological pressure, threats and attacks were committed against journalists in Azerbaijan. The figure is contained in the report named "Legal Status of Media in Azerbaijan", prepared by the Institute of Media Rights and presented today in the press conference.

July 16, 2008 13:48

• Azerbaijan: Appeal Court upholds verdict to Farkhad Aliev

  On July 16, the Baku Appeal Court presided by Mirpasha Guseinov finished considering the appeal complaint lodged by ex-Minister for Economic Development of Azerbaijan Farkhad Aliev, his brother, former head of the "Azpetrol" private company Rafik Aliev, and five more persons.